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2009-09-02 | permalink
Sangamo BioSciences and Dow AgroSciences cooperate in zinc finger technology
This technology, which Dow AgroSciences is moving toward the market, is called a zinc finger, a naturally occurring protein that can be used in a cell nucleus like an editor’s red pencil. Zinc fingers, so named because they contain a zinc atom and are shaped like an index finger, can turn specific genes off or on or to some point in between, delete genes altogether or add new genetic material. ”Within biotech,” says the 54-year-old Peribere, ”we believe this is one of the very disruptive technologies.” Success with the zinc finger could also give Dow AgroSciences, the crops unit of $54 billion Dow Chemical, the second-largest chemical company in the world, a bigger share in the global agbiotech boom
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2009-09-02 | permalink
Sangamo BioSciences and Dow AgroSciences cooperate in zinc finger technology
This technology, which Dow AgroSciences is moving toward the market, is called a zinc finger, a naturally occurring protein that can be used in a cell nucleus like an editor’s red pencil. Zinc fingers, so named because they contain a zinc atom and are shaped like an index finger, can turn specific genes off or on or to some point in between, delete genes altogether or add new genetic material. ”Within biotech,” says the 54-year-old Peribere, ”we believe this is one of the very disruptive technologies.” Success with the zinc finger could also give Dow AgroSciences, the crops unit of $54 billion Dow Chemical, the second-largest chemical company in the world, a bigger share in the global agbiotech boom
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